Saw-set



SPAULDlNG.

Saw Set.

No. 13.964. Patented Dec. 18, 1855.

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UNITED STATES PATET FFICE.

I. SPAULDING, OF SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK.

SAW-SET.

Specfication of Letters Patent No. 13,964, dated December 18, 1855.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, ISAAC SPAULDING, ofSaratoga Springs, in the county of Saratoga and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Saw-Sets; and I dohereby cleclare the following to be a full and eXact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of lo the specification and to the letters of referof saws commonlycalled setting, which operates equally well on any sized teeth, than hasheretofore been known or used.

To enable others skilled in the arts to make and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe its construction and mode of operation.

Uonszmwton-In the accompanying drawing Figure I is a perspectiv View ofthe machine when ready for use and is rep- Fig. II is a longitudinalsection showing the standard A by which the machine is made fast in ablock or held in a vise. In this section is shown the elevating screws DD which pass through the bedplate; also the tongue K in the center ofthe top of the bedpiece for purposes hereinafter explained. In Fig.

III, III at B B is shown the construction of the slide in which theanvil H is placed, over which the saw teeth are bent in the operation ofsetting, also the reverse side `of this slide shows the groove K whichguides this slide on the bedpieceby means of the tongue K above referredto. In Fig. IV at E E is represented the form of the slides used insetting saws with different sized teeth with angles cut in the end ofeach of the form and size required. At F Fig. IV is represented thepunch or die constructed and arranged to receive the blow for settingthe saw tooth as shown at F in Fig. 1.

Having as I think fully described the construction of my machine I willgive its mode of operation.

Operation-Having adjusted the machine as represented in Fig. I the saw-to be set is placed so that it rests .on the elevating screws D D, bywhich the back of the saw is raised or lowered so as to give therequired set to the tooth with the teeth upon the anvil H with tooth tobe set directly under the die or punch F and in the angle of the slideE. In this position the blow is struck on the punch at F which completesthe operation.

\Vhat I claiin as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patcntis- The construction of the slides E substan-` tially as set forth andtheir arrangement with screws D D and H and punch F operatmg in themanner described.

ISAAC SPAULDING.

lVitnesses M. M. Emmy, J onN B. FE TsnAw.

